FBH questions/issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:10 amAt the October meet I looked at a number of Webasto FBH and said I would start a thread about them to help with issues as diesel owners will be looking to repair or replace their units over the coming winter months
Myself and Steve ( Devilish ) have now built up a decent amount of knowledge about the FBH and problems can be varied from fuel pump, air-fan, circulation pump, glowplug, PCB , and I have diagnostics equipment which can help to find faults
Webasto recommend a service every 12 months as the FBHs get coked up inside the burner units which can prevent the correct combustion, and it is no wonder that many fail as they have likely gone years without any service at all.
If you have any questions or issues about your FBH please post on here and I will try to help but my first piece of advice would be to find out as much as you can about any one you intend to buy as to its history, those bought from scrap yards maybe worth a punt if the price is right but it really is a stab in the dark, much better if you can buy off another owner who maybe knows that the FBH is a working one. Then of course some will say they work just because they fire up, but that FBH may still have lots of issues as it should continue to run until it either ramps itself down as the coolant has reached 77, or until you switch it off, so until it completes its full heating cycle you can't be sure you have a working one.
We are always on the look out for spares so if you do replace your own which may be not working please do not throw the old one away but let me know and we will be happy to take it off your hands and pay scrap value if necessary.
If you do have any questions please post on here below
Myself and Steve ( Devilish ) have now built up a decent amount of knowledge about the FBH and problems can be varied from fuel pump, air-fan, circulation pump, glowplug, PCB , and I have diagnostics equipment which can help to find faults
Webasto recommend a service every 12 months as the FBHs get coked up inside the burner units which can prevent the correct combustion, and it is no wonder that many fail as they have likely gone years without any service at all.
If you have any questions or issues about your FBH please post on here and I will try to help but my first piece of advice would be to find out as much as you can about any one you intend to buy as to its history, those bought from scrap yards maybe worth a punt if the price is right but it really is a stab in the dark, much better if you can buy off another owner who maybe knows that the FBH is a working one. Then of course some will say they work just because they fire up, but that FBH may still have lots of issues as it should continue to run until it either ramps itself down as the coolant has reached 77, or until you switch it off, so until it completes its full heating cycle you can't be sure you have a working one.
We are always on the look out for spares so if you do replace your own which may be not working please do not throw the old one away but let me know and we will be happy to take it off your hands and pay scrap value if necessary.
If you do have any questions please post on here below
e hope I can fit a fbh at the next nano . I have the heater, exhaust and bracket. What do I need to do the same set up as your self. ( Text it to start . Or remote control?) . thanks Chris
might be worth getting in touch and posting it to them to check , they have a test rig so can put it through its paces, last thing you want is to fit a duff unit.